Drew Ferguson

Reclaiming my time, I am certainly glad to hear that my colleague from Maryland is truly committed to making sure that every single American stays as safe as they possibly can. When those incidents occurred where rules were violated…

Well, I certainly appreciate that, but I was a little disappointed this week, in the fact that I thought we had a chance to make the police reform bill better. It was a genuine effort on both sides of the aisle to have this discussion. But…

Oh, Madam Speaker, not only is there an expectation, there is gratitude for the work that the President and the administration have done to get information out, to expand testing, to go out to make sure that the resources were delivered to…

Reclaiming my time, those words are fine now. But when we talk about having agreement and talk about having those discussions, Madam Speaker, clearly, the committee and this body should be considering it as an entire body. The opportunity…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, here we go again. Once again you are about to do what America doesn't want. We just came from our districts where we have been solving problems with our constituents, helping them through…

Again, what this bill does is it goes after Americans' choice. You may not think that they should use tobacco--we can acknowledge the health risk associated with it--but it is not Congress' job to make that decision for adults, for the…

As we stand here today, I look at this bill with mixed emotions. Like the gentleman from New York, from the Ways and Means Committee, I, too, have a 16-year-old son, and we have had discussions about the youth vaping epidemic and a real…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on roll call No. 3. ____________________

Well, here we are, on the verge of doing exactly what America doesn't want us to do and what they feared that you would do. In 2016, I, along with 63 million American voters representing 304 electoral college votes, went to the polls, and…

Senator Isakson--that feels a little formal saying it. Johnny, as a constituent, is how I know you. I want to thank you so much for your dedicated service to our State. As others have talked about their first meeting with you, I remember…

If this unanimous consent cannot be entertained at this time, I encourage the Speaker and the majority leader to schedule immediate time for consideration of the Born-Alive bill so that we can stand up and protect the sanctity of life. The…

On roll call no. 380, I mistakenly voted ``yes'' when I intended to vote ``no.'' Amendment No. 135 Offered by Mr. Duncan The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman…

I mistakenly voted nay, when I meant to vote yea on Amendment No. 16, Roll Call No. 262. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 262. Amendment No. 17 Offered by Danny K. Davis of Illinois The Acting CHAIR. The…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 418, noes 0, not voting 13, as follows: [Roll No. 84] AYES--418 Abraham…

The goal of Mr. Neal and Mr. Thompson is to make sure that, through expert witnesses, we have an opportunity to hear the rest of the story.

I think to make statements that it doesn't impact the economy... I think you are missing part of what is going on in my district.

This bill will continue these opportunities, increasing funding, and giving States more flexibility to implement innovative programs. Most importantly, a diverse group of members from our community from all socioeconomic backgrounds stand…

I thank my colleague from California for leading this Special Order. What a year and half it has been since I came to Congress. There have been a lot of positive things that have gone on, and I think Americans feel that they are better off…

I thank my colleague, Representative Carter from Georgia's First District, for organizing this hour to honor one of Georgia's great leaders, former United States Senator and Georgia Governor Zell Miller. Governor Miller's leadership in our…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia's Seventh District for his remarks. Well said. Mr. Speaker, as I close out tonight, I first want to thank all of my colleagues who joined us here tonight to share some of the amazing stories from their…

I thank the gentleman from Alabama for his remarks and for taking the opportunity to share some of the great things that are happening just across the State line to our neighbors. Mr. Speaker, one of the reasons that tax reform was so…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia's 11th District. The gentleman is right, if we get the Federal Government out of the way, great things happen. As I mentioned earlier, another small company that is now doing big things as a result of the…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for those great words. As I mentioned earlier, another great company in the Third District of Georgia is a company called Total System Services, as we refer to it, TSYS. Right in Columbus, Georgia, TSYS…

As we go through tonight and begin to highlight some of the benefits of tax reform, we have talked a lot about a large business such as Aflac, a small business such as Shred-X, but this is having an effect on individual families as well. I…

As I said early on, we are seeing tremendous growth in businesses both large and small. Previously I highlighted a great American company, Aflac, but an example of a small company that is seeing the benefits of tax reform is a company…